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The Climate Area of the Florence School of Regulations – FSR is pleased to announce its 11th Annual Conference on the Economic Assessment of European Climate Policies to take place at the European University Institute in Florence on December 2-3, 2025. The two-day academic conference will follow a high-level policy conference on the assessment and acceptability of net-zero climate policies scheduled on Monday, 1st December 2025.

The Conference

The programme of the academic conference will cover some of the main climate policies at the EU and national and subnational levels. It will include a keynote speech, plenary speeches as well as academic sessions focusing on carbon pricing and energy transition. To honour the memory of David W. Pearce on the 20th anniversary of his passing, a dedicated roundtable discussion on his legacy will be organised in collaboration with EAERE.

Simone Borghesi, Director of the FSR Climate, Professor and Deputy Rector for International Relationships at the University of Siena and EAERE President, will chair the conference.

Invited speakers are:

• Ben Groom, University of Exeter, London School of Economics
• Other speakers TBC

Call for papers

The Conference Scientific Committee welcomes economic and interdisciplinary research contributions. Applicants are warmly invited to submit papers focusing on:

• Carbon pricing, emissions trading, and environmental taxation;
• Energy transition, energy efficiency and renewable energy;
• Biodiversity and ecosystem services.

Organisers will consider papers on the above topics for presentation at the conference. The presenting author should send the submissions, including the title, abstract and full text, in PDF format to FSRClimate@eui.eu by Sunday, 21st September 2025.

The Conference Scientific Committee will evaluate submitted papers, and FSR Climate will communicate the results by Tuesday, 7th October.

Participation fees

• Student (presenting a paper): 280 EUR
• Speaker (presenting a paper): 430 EUR
• Participant (not presenting): 520 EUR

The fee includes two lunches, a cocktail dinner in the city centre of Florence, and four coffee breaks. Registration and logistics details will be available closer to the date on this page.

Participants in the academic conference are warmly invited to attend the high-level conference on the assessment and acceptability of net-zero climate policies in Europe and beyond for free, scheduled on Monday, 1st December.

Organisers

The Conference is organised by the Florence School of Regulation – Climate with the support of EAERE.

Important Dates

21 September 2025: Deadline for submissions

7 October 2025: Notification of acceptance

1 December 2025: High-level Conference on the assessment and acceptability of net-zero climate policies in Europe and beyond

2-3 December 2025: 11th Annual Conference on the Economic Assessment of European Climate Policies

Further information

For further information, please contact Lea Heinrich at lea.heinrich@eui.eu and FSRClimate@eui.eu.

The World Council of Environmental and Resource Economists Associations – WCEREA is pleased to announce the webinar on “The political economy of carbon pricing” to be held on September 9, 2025 at 9:00 – 10:30 am Pacific Time (see time converter here).

The Webinar

There is a considerable number of carbon pricing initiatives around the world. Nevertheless, in general, the level of these prices is lower than needed to mitigate emissions sufficiently to hit the Paris Agreement targets on time. A major reason behind low carbon taxes and high carbon caps seems to be political. Authorities are not willing to pay the political cost of higher carbon prices. A possible increase in the energy costs and how this increase is distributed among different income groups is not the only driver of the political cost. Part of the policy cost arises because carbon prices address a global problem, not a national one. Therefore, international cooperation plays a significant role in the domestic political economy of carbon prices.

To induce the level and speed of mitigation that carbon prices alone at politically viable levels are unlikely to achieve, several colleagues have suggested that climate policy should adopt a more “holistic” approach. According to this approach, carbon taxes should complement other instruments, such as subsidies to R&D, more “prescriptive” instruments, and a carbon border adjustment mechanism. In this scenario, important questions remain to be answered: Are high carbon prices doomed as climate policy instruments? How does international cooperation affect the chances of observing effective carbon prices in the future? What is the role that a carbon border adjustment mechanism should have? In this webinar, we gathered three distinguished scholars to present their views on these pressing questions.

Moderator

Marcelo Caffera, University of Montevideo

Panelists

• Bård Harstad, Stanford Graduate School of Business
• Jeroen van den Bergh, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Catherine Wolfram, MIT Sloan School of Management

Registration

The event will take place online on Zoom platform.

Register at https://cmcc-it.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4zbd5MRERGiHB2m94xTsVw#/registration

Organisers

The webinar is organised by the WCEREA Board.

WCEREA Member Associations

AAERE, Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economics

AERE, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

AFAERE, African Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

EAERE, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

WCEREA Partner Association

LAERE, Latin American Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

The Mediterranean Association of Environmental and Resource Economists – MEDAERE in collaboration with the Department of Economic and Business Sciences (DiSea) of the University of Sassari are pleased to announce the workshop on “The role of Mediterranean in a new international order“, to be held at the University of Sassari (Italy) and online, on July 10, 2025 at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm CEST. The event is supported by EAERE.

The workshop

The world is currently entering a phase of international conflicts, protectionism and deglobalisation that seems to bring the clock of history back in time to last century. The renewed trade wars characterizing the period are likely to have detrimental effects on the global economies, with negative consequences on environmental and climate policies as well. The Mediterranean looks particularly vulnerable and at risk in this new fragmented international order for many reasons. First, the ongoing conflicts are likely to have long-run consequences on the local environment in an area that is already a crucial environmental hot-spot. Second, the current international tensions may obstacle international cooperation on environmental issues among Mediterranean countries. Third, the economic crisis that may be provoked by trade tariffs can exacerbate the economic difficulties of the poorest Med countries.

This generates some of the questions that will be addressed in the workshop: (i) What is the expected impact of the trade tariffs on the Mediterranean economies and environment? (ii) What is their possible impact on the global value chains involving Mediterranean countries? (iii) What is the role of FDI in Mediterranean countries and what is the relationship between FDI and the environment in the Mediterranean? (iv) How can we promote international cooperation among Mediterranean countries on environmental policies?

The event builds upon past workshops organized on the ecological problems in the Mediterranean basin and the challenges of international cooperation among Med countries.

Institutional address

Marco Vannini, Scientific Coordinator of the Department of Excellence Project 2023–2027.

Chair and moderator

Simone Borghesi – EAERE, European University Institute (Florence) and University of Siena.

Speakers

Sevil Acar –Boğaziçi University (Istanbul);
Simone Borghesi – EAERE, European University Institute (Florence) and University of Siena;
Mira Manini Tiwari- European University Institute (Florence);
Chahir Zaki – University of Orléans.

Participation

Participation in the workshop is free of charge. The workshop will be held in Room B1 at the Department of Economic and Business Sciences – DiSea at the University of Sassari, via Muroni 25 (Italy) and online. It is possible to attend the workshop either in person or online by completing the Google form available at this link by July 6, 2025.

Organiser and further information

The organiser of the event is Angelo Antoci, University of Sassari. For further information, please contact Angelo Antoci at antoci@uniss.it.

The Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, and the Institute of Economics (IdEP), USI, are pleased to announce the 1st International Alpine Workshop on Energy Economics and Policy – AWEEP 2025, to be held at the House of Sustainability in Airolo, Switzerland,  from September 20 to 22, 2025. The event is supported by EAERE.

AWEEP is designed as an intimate, high-quality forum for presenting and discussing cutting-edge energy economics and policy research with outstanding invited scholars in a new workshop format that, on top of classical sessions, introduces two distinctive features:

1. Learning in Nature
   Sessions will include short, dynamic “hiking presentations,” during which participants share research insights during two alpine hikes (approximately three hours with an elevation gain of 400 meters). These invigorating outdoor exchanges aim to enhance creativity and deepen dialogue through physical movement and a shared appreciation of nature.
2. Alpine Hut lifestyle Experience
   The workshop provides an authentic alpine living experience with shared accommodations and rooms, and collaborative activities such as meal preparation and setting the table at the House of Sustainability. This communal setting fosters informal discussion, personal connections, and academic camaraderie beyond the typical conference format.

Submission Guidelines

We welcome submissions from PhD students, post-docs, and junior faculty members in all energy economics and policy areas, particularly those employing applied econometric methods. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Energy and environmental policy evaluation
• Behavioral and experimental approaches to energy use

Please send your paper (PDF format) to aweep-workshop@ethz.ch with the subject line: “AWEEP 2025 Submission”.

Submission deadline: June 24, 2025
Accepted authors will be notified by July 10, 2025.

No registration fees and logistics

The workshop organization will cover the registration fee, meals, and accommodation in shared dorm-style rooms at the House of Sustainability. Upon acceptance, a detailed agenda will be shared, including the hike logistics and accommodations.

Participants

The number of participants is limited to 20 to ensure a focused and collaborative environment. We expect around 10-12 PhD students, postdocs, and junior faculty members.

Invited speakers

• Nicolas Astier (Paris School of Economics);
• Giovanna d’Adda (University of Milan);
• Meredith Fowlie (Berkeley University);
• Cloè Garnache (Metropolitian University);
• Sebastien Houde (University of Lausanne);
• Misato Sato (London school of economics);
• Ulrich Wagner (University of Mannheim)
• Shuang Zhang (Imperial college).

Organizers

AWEEP 2025 organisers are Massimo Filippini (ETH Zurich and USI) and Ken Gillingham (Yale University).

The EAERE Supported Deloitte Climate & Sustainability Competency Lab 2025, a free online academy that aims to bridge the gap between science and the business community realised with EAERE’s scientic support, was launched in January 2025. The fourth lecture will be held on May 15 at 11:00 AM CEST by Teresa Domenech, Associate Professor in Industrial Ecology and the Circular Economy at the University College of London (UCL). She will deliver a lecture titled “Circular economy transformation in organisations”.

Click here to register to the webinar.

The University of Milan, the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), the University of Urbino Carlo Bo and the University of Trento are pleased to announce the 2nd Early Career Workshop on Applied Environmental and Climate Change Economics. The workshop will take place on October 23-24, 2025 at the Fondazioni Eni Enrico Mattei – FEEM in Milan (Italy). The event is supported by EAERE.

The Workshop

The workshop is targeted to young scholars working in the field of applied environmental and climate change economics. All selected contributions will be presented in plenary sessions to maximize participant involvement and interaction.

Keynote Speakers

The keynote lectures will be delivered by Prof. Joseph Shapiro (UC Berkeley) and Prof. Hélène Ollivier (Paris School of Economics).

Call for papers

Contibutions should be sent to eccd@gssi.it no later than July 2, 2025. Notification of acceptance is scheduled on August 4, 2025.

Participation Costs

Selected speakers (up to a maximum of 14) are offered up to 2 nights of accommodation and meals, including social dinner.

Organising Committee

The organising committee is composed by: Francesco Vona (University of Milan, Chair), Daniele Curzi (University of Milan, Chair),  Alessandro Palma (GSSI), Giacomo Pallante (University of Trento) and Giovanni Marin (University of Urbino).

Workshop’s Flyer

The Athens University of Economics and Business in collaboration with the Department of Technology, Management and Economics of the Technical University of Denmark, the Sustainable Development Unit of Athena Research Center, the SDSN Global Climate Hub, the SDSN Europe, the Alliance of Excellence for Research and Innovation on Αephoria (AE4RIA) and the MAIA EU Project are pleased to announce the Conference on Shaping Europe’s Sustainable Energy Future with Hydrogen. The conference will take place on April 29, 2025 from 09:00 – 13:00 EEST in the Antoniadou Amphitheater at the Athens University of Economics and Business  (Greece). The event is supported by EAERE and INZEB, National Coordinator of the EU Climate Pact in Greece. The conference will highlight hydrogen’s potential in decarbonization and Greece’s emerging role in developing a sustainable hydrogen economy.

Registration

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